Sunday, March 18, 2018

Rajnikanth’s spiritual sojourn at a Rishikesh ashram

— Akshita.Vohra@timesgroup.com 

times of india 18.03.2018

Veteran actor Rajnikanth, who is on a tour of North India these days, is currently in Uttarakhand, visiting various ashrams. The actor reached Rishikesh on Wednesday and has been staying at the Dayananda Ashram. Rajnikanth has been visiting the ashram for the past 20 years. Before Rishikesh, Rajni was in Dunagiri, which is about 55km from Ranikhet.

Talking about his interaction with the star, Vinay Uniyal, a local politician in Rishikesh, tells us, “We discussed about the clean Ganga initiative. Following this, the actor had a telephonic conversation with the MLA of the ashram area and invited our team members working for the cause to meet him.” He adds, “The team members were delighted to meet the superstar. Rajnikanth also appreciated their efforts and said that more such teams should work to clean our rivers across the country, especially the Ganges.”

Uniyal says that he didn’t feel like he was meeting a superstar. He says, “He stayed in a simple room at the ashram and also had food with others in the dining hall. He attended different classes and spiritual sessions at the ashram.”

According to Uniyal, Rajnikanth also prayed for ailing Amitabh Bachchan’s good health. He tells us, “He prayed to river Ganga for the better health of Amitji as he was informed about him not being well.”


Rajnikanth; (below) The actor with a priest at Dayananda Ashram in Rishikesh

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